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Thaddeus Jst. 

Captain Thaddeus Bennett, 'born 1725, died January 21, 1777, age 52 ; 
married Elizabeth , born 1728, died Nov. 16, 1815, age 87. 

Their children are as follows : 
Joseph William Bennett, born 175 1, died June, 1813, age 62. 
Thaddeus Bennett, born August 23, 1758, died January, 1831, age 72. 

Thaddeus 2d. 

Thaddeus Bennett, born August 23. 1758, died January, i83i,age72; 
married Martha Hall December 3, 1760, born — , died May, 1842, age 82. 

Their children are as follows : 
David Bennett, born January 20, 1783, died at Westford, Conn., Au- 
gust 8, 1868, aged 85. 

George Bennett, born July is, 1785. 

Elijah Bennett, born June 25, 1787, died September 26, 1836 

Betsey Bennett, born March 7, 1789. 

Thaddeus Bennett, born October 17, 1790. 

Lydia Bennett, born July 30, 1794. 

Eli Bennett, born June 30, 1799- 

Minerva Bennett, born January 13, 1802. 

Wildman Bennett, born July 20, 1804. 



Record Division. 



3—525 



A. W. 

Wed. file 17278 

Rev. War. 

Sir : 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
Bureau of Pensions, 

Washington, D. C, Dec. 17, 1907. 



In reply to your request of 7tli inst. received 9th inst., for a state 
ment of the military history of Thaddeus Bennett, a soldier of the Re v 
olutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained 
in his widow's application for pension on file in this Bureau. 



Dates of 
Enlistm't or 
Appointment. 


Length of 
Service 


Rank. 


Ofl&cers under whom service was rcnd'd. 


State 


Captain. 


Colonel. 




Summer or 

Fall of 1776. 
Fall of 1777. 
May I, 1778. 
Jan. :, 1779. 


2 months. 

3 weeks. 
8 months. 
12 months. 


Private. 


Thaddeus Bennett (his 

father.) 
Abijah Sterling. 
Ensn Sam'l Silliman. 
Lieut. Wm. Hall. 


Ichabod Lewis. 
Samuel Whiting. 


Conn. 



Soldier's father Thaddeus died January 21, 1777, and his mother 

Elizabeth, who afterwards married Ebenezer Hall, died November 16, 

1815, aged 87 years. 

Battles engaged in, 

Residence of soldier at enlistment. Parish of Stratford, Fairfield, Fair- 
field County, Conn. 

Date of application for pension, July 2, 1840. Her claim was allowed. 

Residence at date of application, Monroe, Fairfield County, Conn. 

Age at date of application; she was born December 3, 1760, at Weston, 
Fairfield County, Conn. 

Remarks. Soldier was born August 23, 1758, in Stratford Parish, 
Conn., and there married on February 28, 1782, Martha (or Patty), 
daughter ol Lydia and David Hall. vSoldier died in Newton, Fairfield 
County, Conn., January 8, 1831. Children : David, born Jan. 20, 1783 ; 
George, born July 15, 1785; Elijah, born June 25, 1787; Betsey, born 
Mar. 7, 1789; Thaddeus, born October 17, 1790; Lydia, born July 30, 
1794; Eli, born June 30, 1799; Minerva, born January 13, 1802, died 
December 28, 1823 ; Wildman, born July 20, 1804. 

Very respectfully, 
Edgar B. Bannstt, ' V. WarnER, 

East Berlin, Conn, Cotnmissioner. 

Son of Thaddeus 2d« 

David Bennett, born at Newtown, Conn., January 20, 1783, died at West- 
ford, Conn., August 8, 1868. By trade a scythe maker ; by profession a 
Baptist minister and presiding elder for years. Married Anna Minerva 
Smith. 

Children are as follows : 
Smith Bennett, born at Monroe, Conn., November 23, 1807, dfed Che- 
boygan, Mich., July 12. 1875. First wife, no record. 

Sarah M. [Bennett, born February 4, 1828, died at Canton, Conn., 
April II, 1859 ; married Joseph Andrus. 

Children of above union : 
Randolph. 
Jennie. 

Frederick, died in infancy. 
Second wife. Electa M. Snow. 

Eli S. Bennett, born May 5, 1833 ; married Mary E. Thorp. 
Third wife, Susan Snow, died May 8, 1851. 

Charles H. Bennett, born June i, 1839 ; married Martha Burnett. 

William L. Bennett, born March 20, 1849 ; marred Sarah E. Taylor. 

Edgar B. Bennett, born November 2, 1842 ; married Mary E. Marsh. 

Walter S- Bennett, born June 16, 1844 ; married Evelyn Blodgett. 

George W. Bennett, born August 18, 1846 ; dead. 
Fourth wife, Caroline Vorce : dead. 



Mary Ann Bennett, born 1811 ; died July 30, 1829, aged iB. 

William Henry Bennett, born July 5, 1824, died February 4, 1900; 

married, April 2, 1843, Emily Melissa Healey, born May 27, 1829. 

Children of above union : 
Frederick William Bennett, born January 4, 1849, flied April 17, 
1884 ; married Josephine Havrey, now dead. 

Frank H, Bennett, born September 25, 1863, married Helen Villa 
Ives, June 27, 1905. 

Children of above union : 

Elizabeth Emily, born May 5, 1906. 

Frederick Harlar, born August 30, 1907. 
Miuervia Bennett, born 1825, died at Collinsville, Conn., June 10, 
1868 ; married John R. Andrus at Burlington, Ct., November 21, 1858. 

Child of above union : 
Daughter Minnie, died in infancy, aged i year. 

Ivoomis G. Bennett, born 1831, died, 1878, at Westford, Conn., aged 47 

years, 11 months, 28 days. 
Second wife, Clarissa Farnham, born November 21, 1793, died January 
6, 1869, at Westford, Conn., aged 76. 

Dr. Farnham Orris Bennett, born at Monroe, Conn., December 21, 

1833, died at Danielsou, Conn., March 26, 1899, aged 66 ; married Ro- 

melia Parsons, Westford, Conn. 

Children of above union : 
William Howard Bennett, born September 7, 1869. 
Frederick Ward Bennett, born July 16, 1871. 
Anna Louise Bennett, born July 11, 1876. 
William Howard Bennett married Margaret Curran. 

Childreti of above union : 

Clarissa F. Bennett, born November 14, 1895. 

William H. Bennett, born February 19, 1901. 
Dr. Morris Boardman Bennett, born at Bolton, Conn., March 4, 1837, 
died November 13, 1894, at Bristol, Conn., aged 57; married Mary 
Elizabeth French, December 31, 1867, Coventry Conn. 

Children of above union : 
Burton Linwood Bennett, born at Coventry, Ct., December 6, 1870 ; 
married Isabel May Mather, Essex, Conn., November 18, 1896. 

Children of above union : 
Marjane Mather Bennett, born July 24, 1903. 
Davis Mary Bennett, born March 8, 1906. 
Mary Elizabeth Bennett, born at Coventry, Ct., September 27, 1877. 



First Son of Smith* 

Eli S. Bennett, born May 5, 1833 ; married, September 5, 1859, Mary E- 
Thorpe, born September ir, 1843. 

Their children are as foUoivs: 
Lucius C. Bennett, born August 15, i860 ; died January 3, 1863. 
Charles E- Bennett, born November 9, 1863; married, August 27, 1891, 
Elma Freet, born Nov. 13, 1865. 

Children of above union : 
Sylvia E- Bennett, born September 4, 1892. 
Clarence E- Bennett, born September 18, 1900. 

George C. Bennett, born April 9, 1866, died April 13, 1897. 

Frank R. Bennett, born August 13, 1868; married Minnie Morris, 
November 27, 1895 ; died March 23, 1899. 

Daughter Dorothy, born October 9, 1897. 
Remarried Lois E- Osborne. January 17, 1905. 

Aura E. Bennett, born June 13, i87'i ; married Emma R. Wagner, Feb- 
21, 1903. 

Son Ralph, born September 23, 1906. 
Mary E- Bennett, born March 17, 1876 ; married Don C. Coffin, No- 
vember 27, 1895. 

Viva A. Bennett, born May 21, 1879, died February 3, 1881. 
Wilbur T. Bennett, born October 26, 1884, died October 3, 1886. 

Second Son of Smith. 

Charles H. Bennett, born June i, 1839, died vSeptember 12, 1885; mar- 
ried Martha Burnett, September 12, 1864. 

Their childre7i are as follozvs : 
Alice M. Bennett, born September 23, 1865 ; married Thomas N. 
Fleming, March 8, I885. 

Austa Myrtle Fleming, born May 21, 1889. 
Martha Ruth Fleming, born September 14, 1897. 

George W. Bennett, born, August i 1869. 

Martha Burnett Bennett, Marion Conant married February 18, 1904. 

Third Son of Smith. 

William L. Bennett, born March 20, 1841 ; married March i, 1875, Sarah 
E. Taylor, born February 16, 1849. 

Their children are as follozvs : 
Carrie M. Bennett, born May 21, 1877 ; married George Wacker June 
29, 1902. 



Charles O- Bennett, born December 23, 1878; married M. Estella 

Stiteley November 27, 1902. 

William W- Bennett, born March 14, 1884; married Bertha Atherton 

November 18, 1906. 

Avadna A. Bennett, born April 22, 1886. 



Fourth Son of Smith. 

Edgar B. Bennett, born November 2, 1842, East Berlin, Conn ; married 
April 9, 1865, MaryE. Marsh, born July 27, 1849. P. O. Address, East 
Berlin, Conn. 

Their children are as folloivs: 
Minerva S- Bennett, born January 9, 1867 ; married, July 16, 1888, Ar- 
vid Kahlstrom, born July 21, 1869, died July 5, 1896. 

Children : 
Ethel Alma Kahlstrom, born May 31, 1890. 

Lewis Samuel Kahlstrom, born February 9, 1893, Burlington, Conn. 
Edgar C. A. Kahlstrom, born June i, 1896, Burlington, Conn. 

James J. Nichols, born March 9, 1S55, Browniugton, Vt., married M. 
S- Bennett Kahlstrom in Cheshire, Conn., October 27, 1897. 

Children : 
Willard James Nichols, born December 19, 1898, Burlington, Conn. 
Helen May Nichols, born October 17, 1901, Burlington, Conn. 
Rose Mary Nichols, born September 22, 1904, Brownington, Vt. 
Myron Earl Nichols, born December 13, 1906, Brownington, Vt. 

Ida E- Bennett, born October 28, 1870; married James F. Murphey, 
September 5, 1907. 



Fifth Son of Smith. 

Walter S. Bennett, born June 16, 1844; married May i, 1872, Evelyn A. 
Blodgett, born October 16, 1848. 

Their children are as folloivs : 

Earl J. Bennett, born October 20, 1872 ; married Myrtle Hamacher, 
December 21, 1893. 

Bertha L. Bennett, born June 3, 1895. 

Henry A. Bennett, born December 8, 1897. 

Fred W. Bennett, born June 7, 1900. 

Gretchen A. Bennett, born 24, 1904. 

Hallie J. Bennett, born August 6, 1874; married, December 29, 1892, 
AUie C. Frue, Wayland, Mich. Died December 30, 1907. 

Harry A. Frue, born February 12, 1895. 



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Arthur C. Bennett, born September 13, 1877 ; married Vurna Mudgett, 
January 18, 1896. 

Grant M. Bennett, born July 16, 1896. 

Evelyn M. Bennett, born July 18, 1902. 
Sarah B. Bennett, born October 13, 1884 ; married Orville Truax, 
March 14, 1906, Wayland, Mich. 
Evelyn M. Bennett, born June i5, 1886. 
Clell R. Bennett, born May 18, 1891. 



Army History of the Brothers in the Civil War. 

Charles H. Bennett enlisted in Company B, 7th Illinois Cavalry, vSep 
tember 13, 1861, and was discharged July 20, 1862. 

William L. Bennett enlisted in Company I, 92d Illinois Mounted In- 
fantry, October 6, 1864, and was discharged July 13, 1865, Mt. Carroll, 111. 

Edgar B. Bennett enlisted in Company K, ist Connecticut Volunteer 
Heavy Artillery May 22, 1861, and was discharged October i, 1865, East 
Berlin, Conn. 

Walter S. Bennett enlisted in Company L,, 5th Michigan Cavalry, 
September i, 1862, and was discharged June 22, 1865, Wayland, Mich. 



Son of Eli Bennett, American "War, U. S. and Cuba, 1898-99. 

Aura E. Bennett, Company L, 49th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infan- 
try from May 6, 1898 to May 13, 1899. Discharged at Savannah, Ga. 
Reinbeck, Iowa. 



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